Saturday 18 February 2012

No 10389, Saturday 18 Feb 12, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - Capital with arcane British construction (8) - CANBERRA {ARCANE+BR}*
5   - Insulted junior pressman returns escorted by a senior one (6) - ABUSED {A}{BUS<-}{ED}
10 - It's about roaming, but being lost, in ancient city (5) - OSTIA {ITS+AbOut}*
11 - Light made from lamb pelt, a curiosity (5,4) - TABLE LAMP*
12 - Charming suitor, almost loaded, carries note (9) - BEAUTIFUL {BEAU}{TI}{FULl}
13 - Rapid writer (5) - STENO [CD] (Correction - SWIFT [DD] - See comments)
14 - The measure of a monarch (5) - RULER [DD]
16 - Tricked by a trap in the finish (8) - ENSNARED {EN{SNARE}D}
18 - Countermeasure against spot beginning to erupt (8) - ANTIDOTE {ANTI}{DOT}{E}
20 - Teams which may be taken to show support (5) - SIDES [DD]
24 - Conservative girl's bloomer (5) - CANNA {C}{ANNA}
25 - A cover, say, strong and ready for use (9) - AVAILABLE {A}{(~veil)VAIL}{ABLE}
27 - Messenger gets her good brain working (9) - HARBINGER {HER+G+BRAIN}*
28 - A recess for Henry, pleasant all around (5) - NICHE {NIC{H}E}
29 - Express sorrow about the final word accepted by the left (6) - LAMENT {L{AMEN}T}
30 - Like the sky on a cloudy night, lacking big players (8) - STARLESS [DD]
DOWN
1   - Tool used in a cold fight over prohibition (7) - CROWBAR {C}{ROW}{BAR}
2   - A game to catch everyone around Belgium (7) - NETBALL {NET}{B}{ALL}
3   - One-time English law that was just right (5) - EXACT {EX}{ACT}
4   - Formally approve agreement to please one failing to start (6) - RATIFY gRATIFY
6   - Prayers for the happiness of British author in the Bahamas (9) - BLESSINGS {B{LESSING}S}
7   - Providing better shelter from heat could be more dishonest (7) - SHADIER [DD]
8   - Appointed to be placed in action (7) - DEPUTED {DE{PUT}ED}
9   - Mollusc found by sailor by himself (7) - ABALONE {AB}{ALONE}
15 - Help raised in allowance for nuclear fallout (9) - RADIATION {RA{DIA<-}TION}
17 - Volunteer force in retreat, big, is free and threatening (2,5) - AT LARGE {AT<-} {LARGE}
18 - Spirit of business head office besieged by everyone (7) - ALCOHOL {AL{CO}{HO}L}
19 - A puzzle for some Spartan grammarians (7) - TANGRAM [T]
21 - A beadle caught slipping into total disorder (7) - DEBACLE {BEADLE+C}*
22 - They are searching — for a marine cause of trouble, by the sound of it (7) - SEEKERS (~sea){SEE}{KERS}(~curse)
23 - Growing underground, it causes the motor to deteriorate (6) - CARROT {CAR}{ROT}
26 - He shuns company but brings unity between sides (5) - LONER {L{ONE}R}



7 comments:

  1. 13 - Rapid writer (5) - STENO [CD]

    SWIFT, Jonathan

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    1. Thanks Kishore,

      I entered STENO in the first pass and didn't correct it later when I entered the rest.

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  2. very good knowledge and improve the knowledge

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  3. Yesterday "the last word" was RIP and today "the final word" is AMEN. Good one.

    Thanks Col for the Tangram picture and link, approving Boopathi's comment

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  4. I too thought of steno first,but after getting 'deputed' corrected to Swift. Enjoyable Gulliver's Travels- one of all time greats!

    Enjoyable puzzle. Curiously I was trying amen yesterday!

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  5. 17A

    the meaning of AT LARGE is "free and threatening"

    Idiom - AT LARGE (TFD)
    Not in confinement or captivity; at liberty:
    Eg. a convict still at large.

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